Embedded Software Engineer (Avionics)

Embedded Software Engineer (Avionics)

Contract 12+ months 40 hours weekly 9/80 Schedule

Security Clearance is required ¿ Secret or above ¿ Candidates must be available to work from our Cambridge office, and travel to the Lowell office upon request.

Hourly rate to $100 per hour based on Education and Experience

Responsibilities

Client is seeking a software engineer for development of embedded real-time avionics systems.  The engineer will develop high performance embedded solutions for resource constrained targets. These will include next-generation resilient and fault tolerant software solutions in the application domains of undersea, terrestrial, air, hypersonic systems and space.

 The engineer will be involved in the full software development life cycle from the design and requirements stage all the way to testing and deployment in the field.

Qualifications

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent with 5+ year of experience. ¿ Candidate must have experience in embedded software development with o RISC-V and Ultrascale+ (Arm) processors or other low power microcontrollers (e.g. PowerPC, TMS320), o Real-time operating systems (RTOSs), such as VxWorks, Integrity, embedded Linux, Zephyr and FreeRTOS, o C/C++ and assembly programming languages 

 Excellent development and troubleshooting skills on embedded targets ¿ Excellent knowledge of OS coding techniques, interfaces, hardware subsystems and driver development ¿ Development experience with device drivers, board support package, boot code and knowledge of embedded system buses and protocols (e.g. CAN, I2C, SPI, Serial, SpaceWire, 1553) ¿ Expertise in development tools (e.g. GCC, LLVM), static analysis tools, dynamic analysis, and QEMU based development are preferred ¿ Knowledge and experience with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review processes.

 Experience with in-circuit emulators, JTAG debuggers, and laboratory test equipment. ¿ Experience with developing formal requirements, design and test documentation and supporting formal reviews